Man Who Fled Deputies, Crashed Motorcycle Runs From Harborview

A man who escaped from the emergency room at Harborview Medical Center after being injured in a high-speed chase is now in the Kitsap County jail.

Justin B. Federanko, 28, was charged Wednesday with unlawful possession of a firearm and attempting to elude a police vehicle, both felonies, according to deputy prosecutor Kevin Anderson.

Kitsap County Sheriff’s deputies say Federanko reached speeds of up to 110 mph while fleeing from police officers on a motorcycle on Highway 3 south of Newberry Hill on Dec. 23. He crashed the stolen bike and his body hit the Erland’s Point Road overpass before tumbling down the road.

Deputies say they found a pistol on Federanko, a felon, when they arrested him.

Federanko was flown to Harborview as a precaution. Police reports said later escaped from the hospital.

Bremerton police soon found him hiding in a laundry room of a 17th Street house where he had previously told police he was staying. He was limping and said his left wrist was broken — injuries he’d suffered in the crash.

He was booked into the Kitsap County jail, where he remains on $30,000 bail.